Twice in the last several days, my local rag, the Burlington Free Press, has talked about IBM's business strategy for their big (but aging) fab in Essex Junction, Vt. The plan is to start offering foundry services, as in this quote from today's paper: " ...

OK, for this leap of imagination, we're going to need to know a couple of things: 1) Apple just bought a major DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software/hardware house. This includes the ability to work with non-linear editing many multiple audio tracks. 2 ...

Ever been to www.dynamism.com? The company specializes in taking the best Japanese ultra-lights and super-thins, and selling them in the US. Of course, since the price includes Dynamism's mark-up, plus the installation of English OS's and keyboards, the ...

http://www.skycomputers.com/hardware/merlin.html So how do they get these bandwidth elements from a G4 (7410) processor. Or am I just totally clueless about something here?

As I said, it could be just nothing, but I found an interesting image on the German Cyberport Homepage. They're quite big in the Computer Business over here in Eastern Germany. The image was found deep inside the webpage here. There are other items with ...

I don't expect that we'll be able to control Sony's robots, either the AIBO line or the upcoming SDR-4X robo-man, from a Mac... But as these products move away from expensive toy status to useful devices does anyone expect for there to be a way for them ...

I'd like to take a guess at what happened with the G5, and where Apple's next architecture is coming from. In a nutshell: Nvidia and AMD. I may be wrong, but I think there's a good case to be made that this is a real possibility. There is an interesting ...

I was making my daily rounds at the sites I visit, and I came across this article on PixelMonger. The article isn't much good (I think), but a little ways down, on the left, they have a "picture" of the "new G4". I have everything in quotes because I ...

What do you think Apple's next acquistion target will be? If you can't name a specific company then how about a type of company. I would love for Apple to purchase a game developer (e.g., Blizzard). How about you?? [ 07-07-2002: Message edited by: Jamie ]

http://www.geek.com/procspec/apple/g5+.htm Another G5 chip coming our way? I'm still waiting for the first one.

Here we go again... Another Macworld is looming and of course the rumor mills are buzzing with speculation about the fabled "G5". I've been posting a *distilled* collection of what's basically been rumored around the web. I'll do so again, here. Most of ...

http://www.macnn.com/print.php?id=15107 [quote] iMac price reductions may be in sight as some Apple stores reportedly prepare new promotional material. One reader writes that an Apple retail outlet Saturday was preparing "Refresh." pricing tags that ...

Well, Intel announced the Itanium 2 today. http://intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20020708comp.htm They're offering two clock speeds, 900MHz or 1GHz, and models with either 1.5MB or 3MB of integrated L3 cache. Itanium is obviously architecturally ...

From http://www.railheaddesign.com [quote] New G4?s At MWNY It looks like we?ll be getting new G4 systems at Macworld New York in a few days ? which is exactly what everyone wants and expects. Details are still rough and sketchy at best, but some tidbits ...

Well here it is, a new press release of Cambridge consultants: http://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/news_pr46.shtml enjoy

ThinkSecret is suggesting that there will be no towers at NY. I mentioned a while back that I thought pro hardware wasn't right for NY based on earlier comments by Steve that expos would not bring the raft of product announcements like before. August ...

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-942608.html?legacy=cnet&tag=lthd my apologies if someone already posted this....... new display designs!!! can't wait!

greetings seeking NDA-safe revelations. while i'm pretty sure the final MWNY script is subject to Steve's edits (and possibly juggled HW if demo's aren't bulletproof ... precedent for bumped gear exists), there are some pieces of the development puzzle we ...

There has been some speculation about the iPod turning into a PDA or getting a cousin. If Apple made an iPod/PDA hybrid and not straight PDA, it would be this: OQO Ultra-Personal Computer except there would be an Apple logo on the back and a shiny case. ...

This article in The Register might be trouble if Apple are hoping QE will speed up X. [quote] In January we revealed that Microsoft had acquired a chunk of SGI's graphics portfolio. At the time we mused if the Beast had a plan to scupper OpenGL. This was ...

Apple can sell computers with good looks, but the Pro really don't care. How long was Bondi out before PowerMacs lost their Beigeness? What Apple needs to stay ahead is a serious overhaul for internals. There are so many protocols available to Apple to ...

A lot of movement on this today on whether they are EOL or not especially on: The Cube Zone [quote]07/10/02 The current PowerMac line has been EOl'd. One of our sources told us yesterday that the current PowerMac line (800 Mhz, 933 Mhz and dual 1 Ghz) has ...

I have read a lot on the internet in these times hoping to get some hints about what we can expect on MWNY02. I also have some people I know which have more or less full access to apple database. So here is what I have heard. I wont say that this things ...

msnbc.com reposted Think Secrets story about the 17" iMac and no PM update in this story What is going on here and why isn't Apple legal all over this? [ 07-10-2002: Message edited by: synapse ] [ 07-10-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]

http://geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Jul/bma20020701015209.htm

No "inside info' here. just confident speculation. some clues are cited below. > PalmSource's CEO "was senior vice president at Apple Computer, where he led the worldwide research and development group responsible for Macintosh OS software, Macintosh ...

http://www.divio.com/news/pr_000206.html what do you think? [ 07-11-2002: Message edited by: whoami ]

{{{Speculation / Need for information}}} allenmcjones (whether you believe he is credible or not) had mentioned something that is integrated with a lot of products called "David's Stone" which he asserts is "the big one." It got me thinking, because of ...

Adios G3 iMacs; G4 towers August 13 Think Secret I guess that inventory has to be moved after all. Seems like they would just have a fire sale instead of delaying a MWNY -worthy announcement of PowerMacs ready in one month. MSKR

I'm not here too often, but I thought I'd let you guys have this info with an explanation and my guess, then let you speculate. Here in Canada all Macs are the same price. Period. Very little variation, close to none in fact except in the higher-end G4 ...